Plant in the tender hearts of children, the seeds of love, sympathy, truth, justice, charity, compassion, repentance and self-control. That is the prime duty of all who deal with children. When the father asks the child to tell someone at the door that he is not at home, or when the son asks his brother to reply to a phone call, saying he has gone out, the vice of dishonesty is implanted in the child. Do not burden the tender brains with all kinds of lumber, information that can never be put to use, facts that warp and twist the truth, and so on. Teach them only as much as they can use beneficially and as much as can be of direct help to them in their lives. Train their character more than their brains. The parents first and foremost, teachers next, comrades, playmates and companions next, and the various levels of society later - these shape the character of the children, and the destiny of the country!
Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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